Inwall garbage-receiver.



G. W. DONLEY.

INWALL GARBAGE RECEIVER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT- Il. 1916.

1,235, l 22. Patented July 31,1917.

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UNTTED sTATEs PATENT oEEroE.

GEORGE W. DONLEY, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE DONLEY BROTHERS COMPANY, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, A CORPORATION.

INWALL GARBAGE-RECEIVER.

Application filed September 11, 1916.

To all 'whom '25 may] concern.'

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. DoNLEY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Inwall Garbage-Receivers, of which the following is a speciication.

This invention relates to garbage receptacle receivers, and particularly to means for supporting and giving access to a removable garbage pail normally confined closely in a recess in a wall.

Primarily, the object of my present invention is to provide simple and inexpensive means for hanging in a wall and shutting closely therein a garbage pail, and for giving easy and convenient access to said pail both for introducing garbage into it and for removing it. A further object is to accomplish this result by employing only two main elements of construction, a wall-frame and a door hung thereon, and providing them with simple automatic stops.

Minor objects will become apparent from the following description of a preferred embodiment of the invention, reference being had to the accompanying drawing in which- Figure l is a sectional elevation of a receiver set in a wall.

Fig. 2 is a sectional plan view taken on line`2-2 of Fig. 1, the pail being removed.

Fig. 3 is a detailed side view, and

Fig. 4 is a front view showing one of the hinges.

Fig. 5 is a detailed section taken on line 5 5 of Fig. 2.

The reference letter a indicates a casting of angular cross-section, preferably of iron or steel, framed about a rectangular opening, and adapted to be securely set in a recess in a wall fw, with its encompassing flange b bearing against the face of said wall. Projections, screws, or any suitable means may be employed for more firmly anchoring the frame a. to the wall or partition w; and the chamber 1 in said wall may be a mere recess in it, or when the wall is comparatively thin, the chamber may extend through it to the lath Z and plaster m of its opposite side, as shown in Fig. 1. Should it be desired to install the apparatus in a very thin wall, or a railing structure, it is obvious that a box-like casing, preferably of sheet metal, as indicated by dotted lines c in Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 31, 191'?.

Serial No. 119,372.

Fig. 2, may readily be secured to the inner flanges of the frame a and extended rearward to inclose the garbage receptacle.

The wall-frame a is provided with a pair of hinge-brackets t-h projecting forward, one on each side of its lower face; and its upper face has a forwardly extended flange carrying on its under side a depending stoplug s, as shown in Fig. 1.

A door (l, bulging outwardly as shown, is fitted to close the front of the recess 1, being hinged at its bottom to the frame d by means of its trunnions trotatably supported respectively in the sockets of the hinge-brackets L-L; so that it can be easily lifted off and removed from its hinges when desired. The top and sides of the door (Z overlap and bear normally against the face of the frame a, but its bottom edge does not overlap the said frame; thus, when the door is tilted outward by pulling its handle e, the bottom edge enters the aperture of the frame a, as shown in Fig. 1.

The pail-bracket f is a plate flanged upwardly aboutits outer edge, and secured by bolts g to the upper part of the door cl, so as to project inwardly at right angles therefrom; and diagonal strut members z', one on each side, are inserted and bolted at their ends to lugs on the bracket and door, as shown, to serve as additional supports. A large circular aperture is formed in Vthe bracket-plate f, being beveled or chamfered o" about its upper edge, as at j. Thus a garbage pail p may be inserted through the aperture in the plate f, and its beaded rim 70 supported on the beveled edge j, so that the pail is suspended from the bracket 7", as in Fig. 1.

A gravity hook-latch n is loosely pivoted, or hinged on a stud 0, to the upper inside face of one of the upright members of the frame a; said latch being preferably a iiat metal bar with a hook-shaped notch formed in its forwardly projecting portion, and the hook-end beveled 0E underneath, as shown in Figs. 1 and 5. A stop fu. is provided on the frame a to limit the downward swing of the latch a.

Off-sets v are formed in the upright flange on each side of the bracket-plate f, as shown in Fig. 2, and on the side adjacent to the latch fn, the oH-set iange has its upper and inner face beveled as at y, Figs. 1, 2 and 5, to engage and raise the hook end of the latch n; so that the latter will ride over the oit-set c and drop behind its vertical face. A stop-lug .e should also be formed on the inner edge of the plate f to insure positive engagement with the stop s on the frame a.

In the operation of the device, the Weight of the pail p and its supporting bracket keeps the door (Z normally closed, so that odors, insects and animals are effectually barred. To dump garbage into the pail the door (Z is tilted open by pulling the handle e until the hook-latch a engages the oit-set o; and to remove the pail the hook-latch is raised by hand to release it from the otfset, and the door tilted farther outward until the lug e' contacts with the stop s, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. l. After the pail is removed or replaced, t-he door Z will close automatically, the beveled surface g/ tripping the latch n, over the off-set o as the door swings inward. Thus it is not necessary to lift the door Z off of its hinges, except for the purpose of cleaning out the recess r, or in case of emergency requiring complete access to all parts of the apparatus.

I further point out and distinctly claim as my inventionl. A receptacle receiver set in a cavity in a wall and consisting of a rectangular open frame iiXed to said wall about the rim of said cavity, a door hinged at its base to tightly close the opening in said frame, a bracket on the inner side of said door adapted to suspend by engaging' its rim a removable receptacle therefrom, and means forlimiting the outward swing of said door.

2. An in-wall garbage receiver comprising a wall-frame about a rectangular opening, a tiltable door hinged to close the opening in said frame, and a plate bracketed out from the inner side of said door provided ivith an aperture adapted to receive and engage a garbage pail so as to suspend it therefrom.

3. An in-ivall garbage receiver comprising a wall-frame about a rectangular opening, a tiltable door hinged to tightly close the opening in said frame, a bracket on the inside of said door adapted to engage a projecting rim of and thereby support a removable receptacle, and stops on said wallframe and bracket adapted to engage with each other respectively to limit the tilting of said door.

a. An in-wall garbage receiver coniprising a wall-frame about a rectangular opening, a tiltable door hinged to close the opening in said frame, a bracket on the inside of said door to support a removable receptacle, a gravity latch mounted to oscillate through a limited arc on said wall-frame, and a ratch-tooth on said bracket positioned toI coperate with said latch to limit the service opening of said door andto stop thc door swinging outwardly but not inwardly.

An in-wall garbage receiver comprising a wall-frame having a rectangular opening therethrough, a tiltable door to close the opening in said frame, trunnion and open-topped socket hinges between the bases of said door and frame, a bracket on the inside of said doorv to support a removable receptacle, stops on said frame and door to limit the extreme opening of the latter, and gravity latch with cooperating ratch-tooth means for limiting' the service opening of said door.

In testimony whereof I aiiiX my signature in the presence of two subscribing` witnesses, at Cleveland, Ohio, this 8th day of September, 1916.

GEORGE W. DONLEY.

Witnesses:

Ln ROY MILLS, C. A. DoNLEr.

Genies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

